{"id":4106,"date":"2013-07-21T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T10:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2013-07-21T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T10:30:47","slug":"vol-5-issue-26-fyi-wiziq-to-host-free-english-language-mooc-for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=4106","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 5 Issue 26 \u2013 FYI: WizIQ To Host Free English Language MOOC for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000; text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#26 | July 22, 2013 |\u00a0<strong>ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim Sohn of <a href=\"http:\/\/thejournal.com\/\">TheJournal.com<\/a>\u00a0has shared information about a free\u00a0English Language MOOC for Teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Tim says, &#8220;An online education platform company will host a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), dubbed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiziq.com\/course\/26903-elt-techniques-vocabulary?utm_source=Press+Release&amp;utm_medium=PR&amp;utm_campaign=ELT+Mooc\" target=\"_blank\">English Language Teaching Techniques<\/a>, focused on English language teaching and beginning July 29.<\/p>\n<p>The course, which runs until August 23, is offered by Royalston, MA-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiziq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WizIQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The MOOC is taught by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colloandspark.com\/introduction.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jason R. Levine<\/a>, also known as &#8220;Fluency MC,&#8221; a teacher, teacher trainer, and writer. According to WizIQ, Levine has a total of 15 years of experience in these three capacities. He also is the founder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colloandspark.com\/whats-collo.html\" target=\"_blank\">ColloLearn<\/a>, a company he created to teach English through music. In addition, Levine teaches in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newschool.edu\/public-engagement\/ma-teaching-english-to-speakers-of-other-languages\/\" target=\"_blank\">online MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program at The New School<\/a>\u00a0in New York, NY.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Through the WizIQ\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiziq.com\/Virtual_Classroom.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Classroom<\/a>, teachers will be able to interact with peers and facilitators during classes, which will be presented live. 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